ORIGINAL: Cougars09
I shoot the XT Hunters right now but I am switching to the Pro-Hunters very soon. I just don't think I'm going to be completely satisfied until I am shooting a superior shaft. Call me crazy, that's just me. If you want to see some XT Hunter groups go to my Quickspin and Blazer review thread in the bowhunting section.
Cougars save your money.
MD was using Pro-Hunters & I use XT Hunters. He switched after I kept outshooting him and proving that the XT's work as well. Most of the guys in the arrow poll use the XT's.If you cut your own shafts you can get the XT's as good as the Pro's for the majority of the shafts but cutting off the worse end. Shops only cut off the insert end of the arrow and leave the nock end. The nock end is usally always bent too on any shaft. Ido aninitial 1" cut off of both ends and then spin and cut the end that is off. This advice even came from the GT staff guy if you call them.
Also, I use the nock pins instead of the regular nocks to protect the end of the shaft. I smack the snot out of them when I shoot groups and the shafts hold up well. I think people want to see a nice shiny shaft or they think that it's starting to weaken. That's just not true.
There's nothing wrong at all with the XT's or GT shafts.
I also have some CX 3-D Selects and the XT shafts shoot as well as they do even with the .001 tolerance on the CX's.
Oh, GT will replace any shaft that you do not deem straight enough. Just call them up and they'll send you out replacements.